News A4e staff ripped off DWP welfare-to-work scheme with false clients and forged paper trails Four A4e workers forged paperwork to make fraudulent claims against a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) welfare-to-work scheme,… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Apprenticeship reform proposals were ‘half-cocked,’ Skills Minister Nick Boles tells MPs Skills Minister Nick Boles has told the House of Commons Education Select Committee that the government had “gone off half-cock” [sic]… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprenticeship funding question remains unanswered as government consults further on PAYE and credit account The future of apprenticeship funding remains unclear despite the government this morning responding to the results of a three-month… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News ‘Extraordinary’ former Lambeth College vice principal dies, aged 68 A former London college vice-principal described by ex-colleagues as “a woman of extraordinary energy and judgement” has died, aged… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Counting the cost of Labour’s plans to reform apprenticeships Labour’s apprenticeship proposals could cost taxpayers as much as £11.7bn over the course of the next parliament, according to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College steps in with A4e set to walk away from London prisons A general FE college has stepped in after a major private provider pulled out early from London’s £17m prison… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Education Secretary Nicky Morgan ‘dodges’ MPs’ careers questions Sector leaders have called for more detail about how a new company set up by government to improve careers… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Twelve months of change for Skills Minister and FE Week — a review of 2014 The past year was a dramatic one for FE Week which saw a change of editor and a major… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Department for Education overtime payments up 40pc Department for Education (DfE) overtime payments rocketed by nearly 40 per cent between September and November, it has been… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Caretakers’ honour as New Year awards bring wide-ranging FE and skills recognition The new year got off to a flying start for FE and skills with more than 30 sector figures named in… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Land agreed for HS2 college Plans for one of two high speed rail national college campuses are a step closer to fruition after Doncaster… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Contingency plan assurance from SFA after latest Hub breakdown The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has assured providers that it has a contingency plan after the Hub suffered the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 841 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
